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Oxford 5000 Word List ft. Collins (English)

Grain Piece Combining Form Sand Salt Tiny Hard

query
combining form
A g____ of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it.A grain of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it.
...a grain of sand.
...coarse-grained salt.
word grain
full-definition
noun
A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it.
...a grain of wheat.
...rice grains.
Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is used for food or in trade.
...a bag of grain.
...the best grains.
combining form
A grain of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it.
...a grain of sand.
...coarse-grained salt.
A grain of a quality is a very small amount of it.
There's more than a grain of truth in that.
combining form
The grain of a piece of wood is the direction of its fibres . You can also refer to the pattern of lines on the surface of the wood as the grain .
Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain.
...a hard, heavy, straight-grained wood.
inflections grains-grained-grained
cefr-level B1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1

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